Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
भवेद्दरिद्री दुःखी च तावद्वै परयाचकः । भक्त्या न पश्यति नरो यावत्कृष्णप्रियां कलौ
bhaveddaridrī duḥkhī ca tāvadvai parayācakaḥ | bhaktyā na paśyati naro yāvatkṛṣṇapriyāṃ kalau
কলিযুগে যতক্ষণ মানুষ ভক্তিভরে কৃষ্ণপ্রিয়া রুক্মিণীর দর্শন না করে, ততক্ষণ সে দরিদ্র ও দুঃখী হয়ে পরনির্ভর ভিক্ষুক হয়ে পড়ে।
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana, Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A destitute devotee approaches the shrine with a small lamp and a few flowers; after darśana, the scene shifts to a household with renewed stability—grain, light, and calm faces—symbolizing Śrī’s arrival.
FAQs
The text links devotion and divine refuge with freedom from degrading dependence and the misery of poverty.
Dvārakā, where devotion to Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī is extolled.
No explicit ritual; the verse emphasizes devotional orientation (bhakti) and darśana.